Kleptocracy Daily: July 11, 2017

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Donald Trump Jr. acknowledged attending a June 2016 meeting, along with Jared Kushner and Paul Manafort, at Trump Tower with a Russian lawyer tied to the Kremlin–both the Kremlin and President Trump have since denied any knowledge of the meeting.

An anonymous Russian website is using controversial identification software to find the names and social media accounts of anti-corruption protesters who demonstrated in cities across Russia on June 12.

The countries involved in the EU’s Anti-Money Laundering Directive could demonstrate a real commitment to helping to curb corruption in African and other countries (not to mention their own) by ensuring that the beneficial owners of companies, trusts, and similar legal mechanisms are made publicly available.